Democrats Take Stump Tour Draws Small Molino Crowd
Democrats kicked off their biennial stumping tour at Molino with ice cream and cake. About 130 people heard county and state primary hopefuls for sheriff assessors and state representative, plus unopposed candidates. Candidates spoke on law enforcement, tax, and public service topics, naming several officials and endorsing local development.
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Molino
Arthur
Bud) Riley
Mexico
Riley Sign Co
Riley
James E. Littrell
Don St. Clair
Audrain County
Andrew T. Crum
Holloway Neill
Charles H. Dickey
John M. Dalton
Dickey
Ray Hamlett
E. J
Lucky) Cantrell
Ralph Powell
Jack Schramm
Cantrell
U. S. Treasury
St. Louis
Kansas City
Powell
Schramm
Bill Crow
Bill Hungate
Mr. Crow
Floyd Lewis
Roy A. Guile
Thomas I. Osborne
Jane C. Farnen
Anti Secrecy Amendment May Be Short
A sparse crowd gathered for the first of the Democrats stump speeches at Hi Way R 3 School. The booster club hosted an ice cream social traditional to the events as Brently Wood, son of Mr and Mrs Noel Wood of Mexico, enjoyed a cone with his grandmother watching. Jefferson City officials say the proposed sunshine amendment failed to qualify for the November ballot as petition signatures fell short in Missouri.
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Hi-Way
R-3
Brently Wood
Noel Wood
Mexico
Wesley Wood
Gary Duffy
Jefferson City
James C. Kirkpatrik
Missouri
Kirkpatrick
Jets Fire On Island, Losses Mount In Vietnam
U S Navy jets struck an east of Haiphong island transshipment point as three F 4 Phantoms were shot down by MIG21 interceptors. Eight crewmen remain missing while fighting continued near Hue and Quang Tri City amid a heavy U N and allied air and artillery campaign.
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Saigon
Tonkin Gulf
Haiphong
U.S. Command
America
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Hue
Quang Tri City
7Th Fleet
Ile Danh Do la
Navy
Air Force
Hanoi
Dong Hoi
North
da Nang
Kontum City
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Phu Bai
Quang 'li
McGovern Foes Press Ahead as Delegates Face Vote
In Miami Beach, McGovern’s rivals Humphrey Muskie Jackson Mills push to cut his delegate lead after a Supreme Court ruling on California credentials. If McGovern wins the California fight, he nears nomination. loss widens the gap. Eight justices supported overturning a lower court ruling. uncommitted delegates remain.
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Miami Beach
Fla
George McGovern
Supreme Court
California
South Dakota
McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Henry M. Jackson
Wilbur D. Mills
Associated Press
Credentials Committee
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Mlinois
Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Muskie
William J. Brennan Jr
U.S. Circuit Court For
District of Columbia
Jack Chestnut
Jackson
Mills
Arkansas
Guardsmen Forget Sentry During Mexico Convoy Stop
Pfc. William Meece of Carlinville Illinois stood at a Clark Street corner directing officers to the Fairgrounds. The convoy left without him and he slept at the Mexico police station overnight before a rescue ride to the Fair grounds. Authorities tracked the convoy to Ottumwa where it bivouacked and then sent Meece to Camp Ripley for two weeks of training after he reported the mix up.
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Ilinois
Pfc. Meece
Mexico
Ottumwa
Camp Ripley
Minn
Pfc. Meese
Pfe. Meece
Rain Likely North of State in Weekend Forecast
Kansas City forecast from the National Weather Service calls for a fair to partly cloudy weekend in Missouri with good rain chances in the northern region. Temperatures rise to the mid 80s Sunday, then fall to the 60s at night. Variable clouds expected over the three day period starting Monday with possible rain in the north and east on Tuesday.
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Kansas City
Missouri
National Weather Service
Van Botkins Wins First In Tractor Pull Event
Van Botkins, a Sydenstricker Implement Co. mechanic from Wellington Ohio, won first place in the 900 pound class at the Volunteer State Tractor Pulling Contest in Union City Tennessee driving a John Deere 4020. He has previously earned two trophies for outstanding pulling records and operates under Sydenstricker sponsorship.
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van Botkins
Union City
Tenn
Sydenstricker Implement Co
John Deere
Sydenstricker
Missouri
Botkins
1604
Anderson St
High Court Blocks McGovern Delegates Battle at Convention
The Supreme Court, in a 6 3 decision, stayed a lower court order restoring 151 California delegates to Sen George McGovern, letting the Democratic Party's convention in Miami Beach proceed with the fight unresolved. Justice Marshall dissented, warning the issue touches constitutional rights and could void the convention if seated, while the court expressed doubts about the appeals court's action and left merits for October.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Democratic Party
Miami Beach
California
George McGovern
Thurgood Marshall
McGovern
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Constitutional
United States
Daley
Marshall
anti-Daley
Court of Appeals
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Bardgett
Jefferson City, Mo
John EF. Bardgett
Robert ‘I
Donnelly
Burdgett
James EF. Godfrey
D-St. Louis
Godfrey
Wellington, Ohio
Enterprise
High Court
National Guard
Fairgrounds
Illinois Guardsmen
Ledger
Richard Vance
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